Summer Transfer Window Thread 2016

[Lineker]

The Guardian are running with the Benteke to Palace story. 

[MDK]

5 minutes ago, Lineker said:

The Guardian are running with the Benteke to Palace story. 

Running where?

[Just Joe]

39 minutes ago, Jericode said:

Sky Sports are saying Everton offered £17m for Kone.

Didn't they sign him for like £1m last year? I'd try and work out how that's justified but we doubled our money on Djilobodji and didn't even play a full game for us 

£5 Mil, I don't think we should be listening to any offers though, would leave us even weaker than we already are. 

[DavidMarrio]

Supposedly Everton have had a bid accepted for Bolasie which could rise to 30mil. 

[Nerf]

1 hour ago, Lineker said:

The Guardian are running with the Benteke to Palace story. 

Yeah, there's been talk of Palace coming back in for him and being confident of getting a deal done this time.

[Lineker]

Shit. Paul Mitchell has quit as head of recruitment at Tottenham. 

[Jimmy]

1 hour ago, Lineker said:

Shit. Paul Mitchell has quit as head of recruitment at Tottenham. 

:/

[Gazz]

One of my favourite stories is that Besiktas pulled out of a move for Balotelli because 'they were worried about his attitude' as if his off the field antics have only just come to light.

[Just Joe]

2 hours ago, Lineker said:

Shit. Paul Mitchell has quit as head of recruitment at Tottenham. 

What about Phil?

[Jimmy]

Up to 28 mil for Bolasie makes Mane look like such a bargain. 

[Baddar]

Paddy McNair and Donald Love are off to Sunderland for a joint fee of 6m.

[DavidMarrio]

Everton are only signing Bolasie because he always plays a blinder against us

[Lineker]

Leicester have made a bid for Gabriel Barbosa.

[Benji]

Yes pls.

14 hours ago, Lineker said:

Shit. Paul Mitchell has quit as head of recruitment at Tottenham. 

Also yes pls if rumours are true. I like Tottenham's style of play and the players they recruit.

[FLiam]

French sources saying Leicester have rejected a £30m offer for Mahrez.

If that's true, why the fuck do we constantly piss around with transfer fees? Put a proper offer in, stop messing about. No wonder we miss out on targets time and time again. If you want a player, you have to pay what the selling club wants, they're not ours to dictate how much they cost.

Infuriating.

This simply ends with him going to Chelsea for £45m.

[Lineker]

Tottenham’s attempt to sign Georges-Kévin Nkoudou is on the brink of collapse after a breakdown in negotiations with Marseille over the £11m winger.

Nkoudou had looked set to complete his protracted transfer to White Hart Lane this week after the Cameroon forward Clinton Njie received his work permit to move the other way on a season-long loan. However, despite reassurances the deal would go ahead from sources close to the player, it is understood Marseille are unhappy with the structure of the payments being proposed by the Tottenham chairman, Daniel Levy, having previously agreed to pay the majority of the fee up front.

Reports in France on Tuesday claimed that following the departure of the Marseille president, Vincent Labrune, after the club was sold, Levy attempted to renegotiate the offer for Nkoudou, who completed his medical almost three weeks ago and has been in London ever since. A new offer comprising an initial £4.2m that could eventually reach £11m is said to have fallen way short of Marseille’s valuation. Spurs are now understood to be ready to walk away from the deal.

It is also understood the breakdown is connected to Paul Mitchell’s imminent departure as Tottenham’s head of recruitment, although the club have insisted that is not the case. The 34-year-old was prised from Southampton in November 2014 and followed the manager, Mauricio Pochettino, from St Mary’s to White Hart Lane. He was keen to add Nkoudou – a 21-year-old who scored 10 goals in all competitions last season – to the purchase of the Holland striker Vincent Janssen, with Pochettino having convinced the former Nantes player to move to Spurs after speaking to him on the phone.

Tottenham could turn their attentions elsewhere, with Lille’s Sofiane Boufal having been linked in the past. However, with Mitchell having played a significant role in identifying targets, it remains to be seen whether they have an alternative in mind, meaning Njie and the Belgium forward Nacer Chadli could be forced to stay put.

ffs Levy, you are pulling the anti-blinder  

[Lineker]

Mahmoud Dahoud’s agent has insisted the Liverpool target will not leave Borussia Mönchengladbach this summer and denied reports that the 20-year-old could be available for a cut-price fee of just £8.5m at the end of next season.

[Baddar]

Williams to Everton is a DONE DEAL. 

[Gazz]

6 hours ago, Davidmarrio said:

Everton are only signing Bolasie because he always plays a blinder against us

Everton have moved on from using Football Manager as a scouting tool and are now using FIFA 16. Five star skills bro!

[Kyle]

Signing Williams is a definite step in the right direction after how godawful our defence was last season. It feels like we're making transfers for now rather than the future, which is something I'm not used to.